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“The purpose of having citizens armed with paramilitary weapons is to allow them to engage in paramilitary actions”

Brett, like practically every other person seeking to diminish our constitutional rights, either does not understand the purpose of the Second Amendment or refuses to address it, writing, “Gun advocates will be hard-pressed to explain why the average American citizen needs an assault weapon with a high-capacity magazine other than for recreational purposes.” The answer to this question is straightforward: The purpose of having citizens armed with paramilitary weapons is to allow them to engage in paramilitary actions. The Second Amendment is not about Bambi and burglars — whatever a well-regulated militia is, it is not a hunting party or a sport-clays club. It is remarkable to me that any educated person — let alone a Harvard Law graduate — believes that the second item on the Bill of Rights is a constitutional guarantee of enjoying a recreational activity…

Liberals are forever asking: “Why would anybody need a gun like that?” And the answer is: because we are not serfs. We are a free people living under a republic of our own construction. We may consent to be governed, but we will not be ruled.

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“Taking down”? This was a disappointing comment – given that you view such an important issue as a playing ground to score points. Regardless, I will humor you for a minute and point out that, having the British start a commission to study atrocities in colonized India is not very different from Obama creating a czar to figure out the negative effect of some regulations. If you believe otherwise, I do have a nice shiny new bridge to sell you at a very decent price.

A civil disobedience movement depends not on the goodness of the enemy but on the mental strength of the participants. Please read a bit and be informed about the philosophy and implementation before starting another debate based off of inaccurate assumptions.